sports from a african american viewpoint

BALTIMORE BACKLASH

BALTIMORE BACKLASH
Gary Norris Gray-BASN Staff Reporter
To The United States of America- STOP PLAYING.
When a white male stands up against the National Guard in Washington D.C. in 1965(Vietnam protest) he is a HERO. When an Egyptian man stands up against the Egyptian army in 2011(Autumn Spring), he is called BRAVE. When a Chinese man stands in front of 10 Chinese tanks in 1989 (Tiananmen Square Protest), he is called FEARLESS, but when a Black man stands up against the police force in any town in America in 2015 (Police Brutality), he is called a THUG.
This is psychological warfare and Black citizens of the United States are losing the war.
The Republican Party with its racial Tea Party wing can state over and over again the sky is green when we all know the sky is blue. Over a period of time and in the eyes of many, the sky truly has become green. The GOP made African American males the BOOGIE MAN using this same process.
This is psychological warfare and it’s working because some Americans believe the sky is truly green and African American males are a threat. THE BOOGIE MAN ACTUALLY EXIST!!!!
The Double Standard- Alive and well
When Caucasians riot, it is reported as letting off steam drinking a few beers or just venting anger but when African Americans do the same, this Nation becomes terrified.
The Kentucky Wildcats lost in the semi finals in the 2015 NCAA Tournament to the Wisconsin Badgers 71-68. The town of Lexington, Kentucky lost its collective mind.
Hundreds of rowdy University of Kentucky fans took to the streets of Lexington on Saturday night after the Wildcats lost to the University of Wisconsin Badgers, 71 to 64, in the Final Four round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
Several small fires were ignited during the unruliness, which broke out after the Wildcats’ season long win-streak was broken.
“Obviously everybody here wanted Kentucky to win, but they lost, man,” a witness told WLEX. “There’s nothing much to say. This place is crazy. They’re rioting.”
Thirty-one people were arrested and three were transported to hospitals, authorities said.
“Seeing a scene like this just shows how passionate UK fans are,” one fan said.
Notice how the media uses coded words for this event. IT WAS NOT A RIOT. Nobody noticed the way this story was written. They were just young kids acting on their frustrations. REALLY?
In Vancouver Canada in 1994 after the New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks in game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. The town exploded in violence. Vancouver repeated the act in 2011 when the Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games. The following events were ugly.
The loss didn’t go over well with hundreds of mostly young Canuck fans, who took to the streets and set several overturned vehicles afire a few blocks from Rogers Arena where the game was played.
Some fans stopped to pose in front of the flames. Others danced on top of another overturned vehicle. A dull cloud of gray smoke choked some areas of down.

Aerial footage showed Vancouver police wading into the unruly crowd that continually taunted and threw things at the officers. Members of the crowd leaped over one street fire, and officers wrestled several fans to the ground.

“We’re unable to release anything formal at the moment but officers are busy dealing with a few core groups of people bent on committing criminal acts like mischief, vandalism, and fights,” Vancouver Police Media Relations Officer Lindsey Houghton said in a statement.